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Yes, that little globe valve kicked my ass.  I had to swallow my pride and order a pre-made one which was done quite nicely.  Learned some tricks from that one as they don't make them quite like they show in the plans, so hopefully next time I can make a good one.

Fixtures are a must for machining the pipe castings without setup nightmares.  If threading, you need to decide what thread type you are going to use.  I imported my taps & dies from the UK as they were a good bit cheaper than PM.